The Extended Canon
Abhimaan
अभिमान · 1973
A singer marries a better singer and cannot survive her success. Shot while its leads were newly married in real life.
- Director
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Year
- 1973
- Genre
- Drama · Musical
- Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri
Why it's in the canon
S. D. Burman's most beautiful score and the most quietly brutal film about male ego.
A singer marries a better singer and cannot survive her success. Shot while its leads were newly married in real life.
Abhimaan sits in the 1970s alongside Sholay and Deewaar — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee — also responsible for Anand, Chupke Chupke, Golmaal.
- Released in 1973, in the 1970s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Musical.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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